What is Inheritance Protection?

Inheritance Protection can help secure a percentage of the net sale proceeds of your client's home for the beneficiaries of their estate when they die. They'll need to decide on the percentage that they would like to protect (the Protected Percentage) when they apply for the Lifetime Mortgage. If leaving an inheritance is important to your client, they should select this option. If your client chooses Inheritance Protection this will reduce the amount they can borrow.

Inheritance Protection cannot be added or the amount increased after completion of their lifetime mortgage but can be removed or reduced.

How do we calculate an Early Repayment Charge?

The way we calculate an Early Repayment Charge is detailed in our all you need to know guides (depending what product your client has chosen).

Where you can find more information on when an Early Repayment Charge can apply and how we calculate the charge.

Will my client have to make monthly payments?

With our Flexible Lifetime Mortgage and Income Lifetime Mortgage your client won't have to make monthly payments. Instead the interest is added to the amount owed each month. We charge interest on the loan amount plus any interest already added, which means the amount your client owes will grow quickly.

With our Optional Payment Lifetime Mortgage, your client can choose to pay some, or all, of the monthly interest by Direct Debit. They can also stop making monthly interest payments at any time.

The lifetime mortgage is usually repaid from the sale of your client's home when they or the remaining borrower (if the mortgage is in joint names) dies or moves out of their home into long-term care.

Will my client still own their home?

Yes. With our Lifetime Mortgages, the property stays in your client's name and the loan is secured against their home. Our Lifetime Mortgages are designed to be repaid when the last remaining borrower dies or moves out of their home into long-term care.

Why do we apply an Early Repayment Charge?

The Early Repayment Charge recovers costs that we or our funding providers incur when setting up the lifetime mortgage. These costs include transactions costs incurred in reinvesting the money, or costs due to the changes in long term interest rates.

What commission will I be paid?

The commission paid will depend on what you agree with your client and whether you're a member of a mortgage club. If you're a member of a mortgage club, please refer to them directly about commission paid.

For any subsequent drawdowns a client makes we'll pay 1% commission to you.

What are the current interest rates for each of your products?

You can find a summary of the rates and loan to values in our product summaries:

Will a lifetime mortgage affect any inheritance?

Yes. Interest is charged both on the loan amount and the interest that has already been added. This means the amount your client owes quickly increases overtime, reducing the equity left in their home and the value of any inheritance.

All of our Lifetime Mortgages offer the Inheritance Protection Option that can be chosen at the outset to protect a percentage of the value of your client's home for their beneficiaries. If your client includes the Inheritance Protection Option it will reduce the total amount your client can borrow.

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